No family and no kids... which meant we could sleep in as late as we wanted to on Christmas morning... and that's exactly what we did! Believe me, that was just about the only perk of being stuck in Roswell alone for the Holidays!
After finally getting up and getting some breakfast in us... it was time to let the festivities begin! And we began with opening all of our goodies in our stockings!
Once we emptied out our stockings...
it was time to sort out all our gifts from the gang in L.A.
We knew we couldn't actually physically be with family while we opened our Christmas presents from them... so we did the next best thing! God Bless Skype!!! Momma Soch, Gema & Madison get a good look at our pile of gifts before we tear into them!
No doubt we would have much preferred to have each other there with us in real life instead of on each other's computer/TV screen... but given the circumstances, I have to admit, it actually worked out a lot better than I imagined! Below, Momma Soch, Joanne and Helen wait in anticipation of Jei's reaction to their gift.
For someone who doesn't get out of the warm cozy house much...
Jei sure did get a lot of scarfs!
With our Christmas gift opening with the girls in L.A. (via Skype) an amazing success, we decided to do the exact same thing with the Florida crew! So we divvied out our Florida gifts and prepared for round two of our Christmas!
We were supposed to be in Florida for Christmas... but this year, this was the best we could do! Jei & I pose together with Dad-Oh, Moe-Joe, Mandi, Jason, John Hampton and Sammy... certainly not the best family portrait we've ever taken!
So after the dust settled and all the presents were opened... our living room looked like a disaster area! But to us, seeing such a mess made us realize how wonderful our Christmas morning (afternoon) really was!
But not so fast!!!
There were two certain somebodies that still had their own gifts to open still!
With all the commotion, wrapping paper, empty boxes, and ribbon to play with... I'm pretty sure our gift opening, which lasted most of the afternoon, completely wore the Key-Dens out! So once it was their turn, Ming & Bing weren't exactly jumping for joy, no matter how many gifts they had!
But after a little convincing... they both started getting into the Christmas spirit!
Little did we know..
Bing was opening his favorite gift of all! Thanks Aunt Moo!
High on catnip and loving his new toy! Life is good!
So despite not being with family this year, our Christmas here in Roswell was actually quite merry! We got to sleep in, got lots of wonderful gifts, got to talk (and see!) our families via Skype, and even had delicious turkey leftovers for dinner. It was definitely hard to complain knowing that it could have been a lot worse... but we were very thankful and felt extremely blessed for all the wonderful gifts we received, but more importantly, that Jei & I were able to spend Christmas this year with each other!
Thank you so much for making us feel so special and for all our wonderful gifts! We hope you had a fabulous Christmas...
and wish you all a very Happy New Year!!!
